After the Empress Dowager left the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Yijun, who was originally smiling, immediately retracted his smile!
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the coldness hit his face.
He was waiting for the cabinet chief.
Gao Gong represented the power of the Ming Dynasty's civil officials, and the chief assistant of the cabinet was the best official, with many followers.
Zhu Yijun wanted to see how powerful the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were.
He wanted to see what kind of enemy Yu Dayou was facing. He had been demoted seven times, ousted four times, and thrown into prison once.
There was once when Yu Dayou made a great contribution, but because he did not show his filial piety to the chief of the cabinet, Yan Song, he was only rewarded with fifty taels of silver. Even Yu Dayou's deputy general was promoted three levels in a row, and only Yu Dayou remained in the official career!
Zhu Yijun wanted to ask Gao Gong face to face,"How do you make decisions? Are you competent and qualified as the chief assistant of the cabinet?”
The imperial guard entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity.”
"Summon him in!"
Outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
When Gao Gong was waiting to enter the palace, he found that something was wrong. The imperial guards in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were full of killing intent. These imperial guards looked at Gao Gong with the dignity of the Brocade Guards...
This didn't exist a month ago…
How could Gao Gong know that the imperial guards guarding the Palace of Heavenly Purity were the Vermilion Bird Guards who were 100% loyal to Zhu Yijun? They were all highly skilled and loyal imperial guards.
Their combat power was equivalent to ten cavalrymen and scouts…
When Gao Gong looked up at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he didn't hear Zhang Juzheng's lecture. Could it be that Zhang Juzheng had encountered some difficulties in teaching the emperor?
Just as Gao Gong was guessing, the imperial guard walked out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and shouted,"Summon the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Gao Gong, into the hall!"
"Yes!"
Gao Gong walked up the stone steps and entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
When he saw the scene in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he gasped.
Feng Bao was tied up in the main hall, kneeling on the ground and shivering. Yu Huatian stood in the middle of the hall, as if he was at peace with the world.
Zhang Juzheng's face was pale, and cold sweat kept dripping from his forehead.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne and flipped through the memorials…
Gao Gong took two steps forward and cupped his hands.”
Gao Gong bowed his body and waited for a long time, but he did not hear the Emperor call out the words 'rise.'
Gao Gong was even more confused.
He retracted his arm and cupped his hands again."This humble subject, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong, greets Your Majesty!”
Zhu Yijun was still looking at the East Chamber's secret letter, but Yu Huatian said from the main hall,""Lord Chief is so awe-inspiring. Doesn't Lord Chief know the etiquette of an official paying respects to the emperor?”
When Gao Gong heard Yu Huatian's words, he was about to reprimand a eunuch for having the ability to teach a lesson to the cabinet chief in the main hall…
However, before Gao Gong could say anything, Zhu Yijun said sternly,"No need! I only have one thing to ask the chief assistant to enter the court.”
Gao Gong cupped his hands again and said,"Please speak, Your Majesty. I will definitely tell you everything I know!"”
"Good!"
"Lord Chief, let me ask you, who impeached Yu Dayou? Do you have evidence of Yu Dayou's corruption? Who signed the recall order?"
Buzz...
Gao Gong was stunned.
He originally thought that he was here to give pointers to the emperor, but he never expected that the emperor was not here to inquire, but to denounce him!
Zhu Yijun stood up and walked down the Dragon Platform.
"I also want to ask the chief minister, why didn't I know about the impeachment of Yu Dayou? Do you have an emperor in your heart?”
As soon as Zhu Yijun finished speaking, Gao Gong immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times!
"Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor!”
After Gao Gong knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, Zhu Yijun did not let him get up. Instead, he sat back on the dragon throne."Lord Gao, tell us."
"I want to hear how your cabinet colluded with each other to harm loyal officials. Teach me and let me learn your ability to harm loyal officials!”
When Gao Gong heard Zhu Yijun's words, he was scared out of his wits.
"Your Majesty, this old minister would never dare to harm a loyal minister…"
Zhang Juzheng was already kneeling on the ground, his official robe soaked in sweat.
Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were in the wrong because the approval to dismiss Yu Dayou was personally approved by the two of them.
Boom!
Zhu Yijun suddenly stood up!
Clang!
The Moon-Slaying Sword was unsheathed!
Deng!
Zhu Yijun strode over to Gao Gong and threw the unsheathed Moon-cleaving Sword in front of him!
Clang!
The blade of the Moon-cleaving Sword, which could cut through iron like mud, pierced into the hard stone brick.
"What are you afraid of? If you dare to depose Yu Dayou today, you will dare to recruit soldiers and buy horses tomorrow, and you will dare to rebel the day after tomorrow. You are the chief assistant of Great Ming, your students are all over the court, and behind you are the civil officials of Great Ming. The Emperor of Great Ming is at your mercy. If you want to change, you can change a batch. What are you afraid of? Come! Pick up your sword and cut me down. If you cut me down, I will let you be the masters of the family!”
Gao Gong almost lost all hope.
Zhu Yijun's words almost made him commit the crime of killing nine families.
If this was spread outside, even if there was nothing, it would be written by those censors!
Gao Gong was really scared.
He was afraid of being exterminated.
"Your Majesty, this old minister is just perfunctory. This old minister will immediately use Old General Yu…"
"What do you mean by using Old General Yu?" Zhu Yijun asked.”
" Your Majesty, the Tartars and the leader of the Duoyan Guards, Dong Huli, have gathered 350,000 troops and are approaching Shanhaiguan. I am preparing to use Old General Yu…"
When Zhu Yijun heard Gao Gong's words, his face turned ashen.
"Coward!"
"Coward!"
"A bunch of cowards!"
"What use do I have for you!"
"Gao Gong, let me ask you, what do I need you for?”
Zhu Yijun pointed at Gao Gong's nose and scolded him in the Palace of Heavenly Purity!
"A bunch of cowards! When there was nothing wrong, you caused trouble and deposed the Dragon of Great Ming, Yu Dayou. Now that a strong enemy has come, you want to use Old General Yu. How shameful. Don't you feel ashamed?”
Zhu Yijun tore off Gao Gong's loincloth without hesitation!
Before the enemy came, you dealt with Yu Dayou and removed him from his post. If it wasn't for the Minister of War protecting Old General Yu, he would have been exiled to his hometown.
But now, a strong enemy is coming, and you guys are using Old General Yu…
Gao Gong listened to Tian Zi's reprimand and felt ashamed.
He was very regretful. He should have persisted a little longer. As long as he resisted, the matter of removing Yu Dayou would not have happened. Now that a strong enemy had come, he had to use Yu Dayou again!
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